A MAN SOLICITED SEX FROM A MINOR ONLINE. THAT IS OUR BIG STORY. BALTIMORE POLICE ARRESTED A 41-YEAR-OLD MAN FOR ALLEGEDLY SOLICITING A N UNDERAGE GIRL. HE HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS ACTUALLY A POLICE OFFICER. BALTIMORE POLICE ARRESTED A PENNSYLVANIA MAN. POLICE SAY THEY WERE AWARE OF HIS INTENTIONS. HE WAS COMING FROM OUT OF STATE AND MEETING THE 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL AT A BUS STATION AT WHAT TIME HE WAS GOING TO GET BACK ON THE BUS WITH THE 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND GO TO A DIFFERENT STATE. WE ASK OF THAT WOULD BE KIDNAPPING. HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THE 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS WILLING. THEY HAD COME UP WITH A PLAN HOW SHE WAS GOING TO GET AWAY FROM MOM FOR THE NIGHT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS AND BE BACK THE NEXT DAY. IT STARTED WITH AN AD USED BY BALTIMORE CITY POLICE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY SAID HUNDREDS RESPONDED. HOW LONG WAS IT SINCE YOU GOT THERE RESPONSE? WITHIN 24 HOURS. THE SUSPECT BELIEVED HE WAS TALKING TO A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL. HE SENT A NUDE PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND IDLE CHAT TURNED INTO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEX. FROM JUNE TO AUGUST SHE SENT E-MAILS AND TESTS -- TEXT MESSAGES. ASKING HER IF SHE WAS ON THE PILL AM A ISSUE WOULD BE WILLING TO GO ON THE PILL. WILLING TO HAVE SEX WITHOUT A CONDOM. THE STATEMENTS HE MADE ARE LISTED ON THE AFFIDAVIT. HE DID SAY HE HAD TO BE CAREFUL AND GOING TO BALTIMORE MAKES HIM DEAL HE WILL BE ON "TO CATCH A PERVERT." POLICE CONSIDERED HIM AGGRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS. YEARS AND -- HE INITIATED THESE CHATS AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN TALKING ABOUT SEX. WANTING TO MEET. THE NEXT TRIP WAS TO CENTRAL BOOKING. IF THIS WAS A REAL 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN.

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